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Author: Professor David J. Starkey (Department of History, University of Hull (United Kingdom)) ,
E.S. Van Eyck Heslinga ,
J. A. de Moor
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Imprint: University of Exeter Press
Dimensions:
Width: 23.40cm
, Height: 2.10cm
, Length: 15.60cm
Weight: 0.612kg
ISBN: 9780859894814
ISBN 10: 0859894819
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 01 May 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
... the inclusion of essays concerning numerous countries allows the opportunity to compare the economic impact of piracy and privateering in a variety of areas. International Journal of Maritime History 1999 ... Adds greatly to the corpus of solid research. The International History Review 199806 ... As a quantity of new evidence, intriguingly presented, it is certainly a valuable piece of work. The Great Circle, vol. 19, No. 2 1997 The book is a new and wide-ranging study showing how privateering and piracy played a central role in 18th and 19th century maritime and economic history. All the essays are exceptionally well supported with documentary references. Maps, illustrations, tabulated data and a sound index complete a most satisfying and scholarly study. Lloyd's List 19970614
The book is a new and wide-ranging study showing how privateering and piracy played a central role in 18th and 19th century maritime and economic history. All the essays are exceptionally well supported with documentary references. Maps, illustrations, tabulated data and a sound index complete a most satisfying and scholarly study. -Lloyd''s List, June 14, 1997
Author Information
E.S. van Eyck van Heslinga is Director of Collections, Netherlands Maritime Museum, Amsterdam. J.A. de Moor is Associate Professor in History, University of Leiden. David J Starkey graduated from the University of Leeds with a degree in Economic History. He then gained an MA in the History of the Atlantic Economy at the University of Exeter, which led to doctoral research into the character, scale and significance of British privateering in the eighteenth century. Having gained his PhD, Dr Starkey was appointed Research Fellow in the Maritime History of Devon project at the University of Exeter, an appointment that was followed by two further research fellowships in maritime history at Exeter. In 1994, Dr Starkey joined the History Department at Hull when he became the holder of the first permanent lectureship to be dedicated to maritime historical studies in the UK university sector - the Wilson Family Lectureship in Maritime History. Dr Starkey is Director of the Maritime Historical Studies Centre at the University of Hull.
